Fastener for brassieres and like garments.



S. S. GOSSARD. FASTENER FOR BRASSIHES AND LIKE GABIVIENTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I9. 1915.

Lw., Patented June 20,1916.

THE coLuMnIA PLANonRAPH co., WASHINGTON. n. c.

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SAMUEL S. GOSSARD, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

FASTENER FOR BRASSIRS AND LIKE GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, MMG.

Application filed March 19, 1915. Serial No. 15,569.

To all fui/wm t may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. GossAnD, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Brassieres and like Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a clasp or fastener which is more particularly designed and in the drawing of the present application is illustrated as `the attaching element by meansof which a brassire may be secured and maintained in adjustment over a corset upon a wearer of the garments.

It has for its obj ect the provision of a simple. and eflicient fastener which shall be adapted for use both with what are termed front lace7 corsets and with corsets clasped together centrally at the front.

The essential elements of my invention are pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure l represents in perspective a brassire adjusted in the form in which it is worn over a corset of well known construction opening at the front, and secured to such corset by my improved fastener; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the brassire and fastener as used over a front lace corset; Fig. 3 is a side view of the fastener upon an enlarged scale, showing the saine applied to a stud of the well known form of corset clasps shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. Lit a front or face view of the fastener alone.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures of the drawing.

As is well known in the trade and to wearcrs of such garments, certain styles of corsets are constructed to open along a front center line, the steel or stay enveloped within the fabric at one side of the opening being equipped with a row of flat slotted clasps and the steel at the `other side being equipped with a corresponding row of projecting headed studs. Other styles of corsets open at one side of the front central line of the garment, and are provided along such central line with a row or band of lac` ing, whereby the corset may be adjusted to fit the ligure of the wearer. Brassieres, which are ordinarily worn over the corset, are frequently provided with means of attachment at their lower margin whereby the garment may be neatly adjusted to the wearer and secured against displacement.

flhe fastener which constitutes my present invention is intended for such purpose. To this end, the lower front edge of the brassire is provided with a short loop of tape l to which the upper flat end of the fastener 2, which may appropriately be formed of sheet metal, is secured by means of the slots 3 and 4. The lower end of the fastener is provided with the engaging slot 5, of such coniguration as to `adapt it to be placed over any desired one of the row of studs G of a corset of the style illustrated in Fig. l, and be drawn upwardly to make locking engagement under the head thereof, in which position it will be frictionally retained by the inherent elasticity of the engaging parts and interposed coverings of fabric. The fastener is adapted in this manner to secure the brassire to av corset of the style mentioned, and in order to adapt it to serve the same purpose equally well with a front lace corset the lower end 7 of the fastener is bent upwardly to form av hook adaptedV to engage any desired cross strand of the row of lacing S of such corset. It is obvious that by attaching the fastener to the appropriate strand of lacing 8, or the appropriate stud 6 of a corset of the style first mentioned, as the case may be, the brassire may be drawn downwardly a proper distance to cause it to fit neatly upon the wearer and be retained in such position.

The end of the hook 7 is bent inward, or the bend forming the hook is of such width, that the inner surface of the end portion thereof will yieldingly and frictionally engage the head of the stud 6 when applied to a corset of the style shown in Fig. l-see Fig. 3 for detail illustration,-and the end of the hook extends only as far as the upper surface of the stud head; this construction affording the greatest security against accidental displacement, since not only ist the hook frictionally held against accidental displacement, but if a fold of an outer garment, or any object should happen to strike or drag downwardly against the end of the hook it will also come into contact .with the stud, and downward movement of the hook, tending to cause disengagement of the device, will be prevented. The eXa'ct contour and configuration of parts of the fastener in every respect are not, however, essential to a beneficial use of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact shape and proportion of parts illustrated in the Y drawing further than required by the terms of the claims. Y

I claim: i

1. A fastener for brassieres and like garments which are adapted to be worn over a corset and consisting of a flat portion formed with a slot adapted to make interlocking engagement with the headed stud of a back-lace corset, and having at the lower end of such flat portion an upwardly bent rounded hook adapted to engage the lacing cord of a front-lace corset.

2. A fastener for brassieres and like garments which are adapted to be worn over a 'corset and formed of sheet metal and having a fiat portion lprovided at its upperend with cross Yslots 3 and l adapted to receive a tape and 'at its lower end a vertical slot 5 adapted 'to make interlocking engagement lwith the headed st'udof aback-lace'corsetand having lan upwardly bent rounded hook portion 7 'below said `slot 5 adapted to engage the lacing cord 'of ya front-lace corset.

3'. A fastener for brassieres and like garments'which are adapted to be worn over a corset and comprising a flat portion formed With 'a vertical slot adapted to make interlocking 'engagement with the headed stud of a lback-'lace "corset, and belowV said slot a recurved 'and upwardly bent rounded hook r tongue adapted to engage the lacing cord of a frontelace corsetand extending to the epieof this patent may be obtained for level of the stud of a back-lace corset engaged by the lower end of said vertical slot.

4. A fastener for brassieres and like garments which are adapted to be worn over a corset and comprising a flat portion formed with a vertical slot adapted to make interlocking engagement with the headed stud of a back-lace corset, and below said slot a rccurved and upwardly bent rounded hook or tongue adapted to engage the lacing cord of a front-lace corset and arranged to resiliently engage the head of the stud of a Vback-lace corset engaged b the lower end of said vertical slot.

5. A fastener for brassieres and like garments which are adapted to vbe worn over a corset and comprising a flat portion formed with a vertical slot adapted to make interlocking engagement with the headed stud of a back-lace corset and below said slot a recurved and upwardly bent rounded hook or tongue adapted to engage the lacing cord of a front-lace corset and arranged to resiliently engage the head of the stud of a back-lace corset engaged by the lower end of said vertical slot, said tongue extending to the upper level of such stud head.

SAMUEL S. GOSSARD. Witnesses:

LOUIS B. ERWIN, ROBERT DOBBERMAN.

ve cents `each, by addressing the Commisxioner of Patenti.

Washington, D.`C. 

